Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

God made time, but man made haste.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Constantrepetition carries conviction.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.